A traditional ruler in Isokan Local government area, Osun State, Alapomu of Apomu,Oba Kayode Afolabi Aloyebi ll, has spotted wearing school uniform of Ayedaade Grammar School as he joined the 1980 set to celebrate 40th anniversary.
The monarch, who presented school uniform donated by 1980 set to hundreds of students on Wednesday, commended the set of 1980 for giving back to community that has contributed to the status they are enjoying today.
Oba Afolabi charged the students who are beneficiaries of the free uniform to learn the spirit of giving back to the school society after they have graduated, adding that they should remember the environment their teachers impacted knowledge to them.
He admonished them to use their young age to acquire knowledge and work hard to have better future.
He, however, pledged to keep supporting the school as one of the old student, implored the school management to visit Ikoyi, Apomu and Ikire communities that owned the school for their assistance.
According to him, “I am imploring the school management to also reach out to Ikoyi, Apomu and Ikire communities that established the school because what am seeing around here the school need serious assistance and support from wherever it can come from. The government alone cannot fund education any more.
In his words, the coordinator of the 1980 Ayedaade Grammar School set, Engineer Abass Saliu Gbadebo said they celebrate the 40 years of their graduation to reunite with the students and teachers, says they want to make record that they proud of the uniform they wore in those days.
According to Gbadebo, the only way we could do something unique is to reunite with the students to let them know that we are once like them and all the grandpa they are seeing today are once like them.
He charged the students to work towards the motor of the school “Work hard, Play hard and keep strength” to be able to secure the future.
He urged the teacher to be more patriotic and pust forward that the students take their study seriously.
Similarly, a lecturer of Federal Universityof Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun state, Prof Wasiu Afolabi commended the state government for the bold step to reversed the policy of school uniform.
Prof Afolabi said the reversing of the policy was interested them to celebrate their 40 years anniversary by wearing the school uniform like school boys.
